Tech was probably the most fun for me in the mid to late 2000s. Definitely a lot more fun than whatever the tech industry has become now in 2026.

Yhippa 12 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Everything now has to be fully vetted before trying it as opposed to making something weird and quirky. Sad! I miss those days.

watermelon0 12 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I'd generally agree, but 3D printer mentioned in the blog post is probably one thing that I'd wish to have back then.

acheron 12 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Nah things were already going to shit then. Sure it kept getting worse, but that was well on the downslope.

__loam 13 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Tech is being run by ignorant financiers and college dropouts who don't understand institutional knowledge or technology.

	▲	netsharc 12 hours ago \| parent [-]
		It was hackers building crazy stuff (Steve Woz' book detailed how he built one of the company's first computers, and he knew what every logic gate in it did) and then some people realized there's money to be made... Any "founders" out there showing off their vibe-coded SaaS with money from their FAANG career that they got after finishing the bootcamp course? (I mock, as the inner voice asks "You had the talent, why aren't you in the 2 commas club?")